Brief Life History of Ruth
When Ruth Porter was born on 8 October 1916, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Joseph Roy Porter, was 26 and her mother, Susan Elizabeth Barnhill, was 24. She married Charles Aaron Atwood on 10 September 1934, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Lexington Township, Davidson, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and Lexington, South Carolina, United States in 1984. She died on 24 August 1989, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Davidson, North Carolina, United States.
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- Ruth Atwood in household of Susan Porter, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ruth Porter Atwood, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mrs Ruth Atwood in entry for Mrs Susan Porter Barnhill, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1917 · Joining the First World War
Starting with the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, which killed 128 American citizens, and many other conflicts with trade from Germany. Congress held a special meeting that resulted in The United States declaring war on Germany. Formally entering the First World War.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, castle, or monastery, from Middle English and Older Scots porter(e), port(o)ur ‘doorkeeper, gatekeeper’ (Anglo-Norman French port(i)er, portur, Latin portarius). The office often came with accommodation, lands, and other privileges for the bearer, and in some cases was hereditary, especially in the case of a royal castle. The name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other languages, for example German Pförtner (see Fortner ) and Poertner .
English: occupational name for a man who carried loads for a living, especially one who used his own muscle power rather than a beast of burden or a wheeled vehicle. This sense is from Middle English port(o)ur, porter ‘porter, carrier of burdens’ (Anglo-Norman French portur, porteo(u)r).
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Poorter, status name for a freeman (burgher) of a town, Middle Dutch portere, modern Dutch poorter. Compare De Porter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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